[vcf-midatlantic] H89 for museum; gotek?

[Jeffrey Brace]

On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 9:40 PM Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hello!
> Jeff are late registrants allowed? If possible I might be able to make
>

Yes. Late registrants are allowed. We have plenty of room.


> the Sunday one. Can't completely commit to that though. If not, then
> it might be the June one. Except where will that one be held? There's
> one that needs Amtrak not NJ transit.
>

June is @InfoAge. July is @System Source.


>
> Reason being is that I have a Compaq Portable 2 who shot itself in the
> harddrive not too long ago, I want to replace its 21M harddrive with a
> 32MB CF device.
>

OK.


> -----
> Gregg C Levine gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com
> "This signature fought the Time Wars, time and again."
>
> On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 6:23 PM Jeffrey Brace via vcf-midatlantic
> <vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, May 14, 2021 at 5:14 PM Sentrytv <sentrytv at yahoo.com> wrote:
> >
> > > I would love to come to the workshop tomorrow but I can’t.
> > > I will be selling my off some of my stuff up at the hamfest in
> Succasunna,
> > > New Jersey on Saturday.
> > > I may be able to try for Sunday but not sure yet.
> > > It would be nice to see these systems.
> > >
> >
> > Well I hope that you can make it, if not then the next repair workshop on
> > June 12 & 13.
> > >
> > > Mike Rosen
> > >
> > > Sent from:
> > > My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.
> > >
> > > > On May 14, 2021, at 3:52 PM, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic <
> > > vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
> > > > 
> > > >>
> > > >>> On Sun, May 9, 2021 at 5:42 PM Jeff Salzman   wrote:
> > > >>> I have an H89 that was donated to me, for my collection. I will
> not be
> > > >>> donating it to the museum. The museum already has one. However, I
> will
> > > be
> > > >>> bringing this system to the next Workshop to clean, troubleshoot if
> > > >>> necessary, and test.
> > > >>>
> > > >>> Along with what I received are about 150 SSDD hard sectored disks
> of
> > > >>> personal software from when this system was being actively used
> back
> > > in the
> > > >>> late 70s/early 80s.
> > > >
> > > >>> I don't see [the museum's]
> > > >>> need for more than three or four disks on hand for demonstration
> > > >>> purposes, just like the Osborne and Zorba.
> > > >
> > > > Looks like I'll be able to attend the Workshop tomorrow. So I'll be
> able
> > > to assist Jeff Salzman with the Museum's H89 and his new acquisition,
> if
> > > that would be useful. Otherwise I offer to look at the Museum's
> warehouse
> > > of H89's and assess them while Jeff does his work. I'll bring some
> > > component parts but it's likely Jeff will bring what he needs. I
> assume he
> > > can do some repairs, and likely he'll bring his own diskettes along
> with
> > > the ones he acquired. If not, we can work with what's available.
> There's
> > > variacs around and that's a good tool for dormant computers.
> > > >
> > > > The Heath H89 is a good example of early 1980's Z80 personal
> computers,
> > > and noteworthy as a Heath product. For those unfamiliar, Heathkit was a
> > > premier electronics kit company for many decades, in the mid-20th
> century
> > > where one could make a career and job from servicing electronics. They
> > > provided test equipment, radio amateur equipment; their products were
> both
> > > learning tools and teaching tools. The H89 was a good business
> computing
> > > system, with support from local Heathkit stores and local computer
> stores
> > > of the era. The Z-100 followed the H89 and became a noteworthy MS-DOS
> > > computer and an S-100 system; the H8 was an early 8080 computer before
> the
> > > H89.
> > > >
> > > > They are all entirely serviceable today as is much 1970's 1980's
> > > equipment if one has digital-component-level skills; that being my
> > > interests. They ran CP/M and Heath's HDOS and have VT52-class
> graphics, so
> > > there's lots of software they can run. For some time, SEBHC folks have
> made
> > > new Heath-class boards, so that generates 21st century interest.
> > > >
> > > > Regards, Herb Johnson
> > > > --
> > > > Herbert R. Johnson, New Jersey in the USA
> > > > http://www.retrotechnology.com OR .net
> > > > preserve, recover, restore 1970's computing
> > > > email: hjohnson AT retrotechnology DOT com
> > > > or try later herbjohnson AT comcast DOT net
>
> "Don't do that!", goes the Second Doctor.
>